Google Inc. announces that it hired Vinton (Vint) Cerf, the longtime technologist who is widely known as a “founding father” of the Internet, as Chief Internet Evangelist.

When Microsoft was pressed for comment they stated "First it was Kai-Fu Lee and now Vint Cerf. What, does Google want to do -- own the world? We will vigorously pursue a lawsuit over Google's acquisition of the 'founder father' of the Internet. Vint Cerf belongs to no one and yet everyone. We will not stand for Google's usurpation of the Internet. We believe Vint's intelligence and knowledge should be open source."

Google Inc. announces that it hired Vinton (Vint) Cerf, the longtime technologist who is widely known as a “founding father” of the Internet, as Chief Internet Evangelist.

When Microsoft was pressed for comment they stated "First it was Kai-Fu Lee and now Vint Cerf. What, does Google want to do -- own the world? We will vigorously pursue a lawsuit over Google's acquisition of the 'founder father' of the Internet. Vint Cerf belongs to no one and yet everyone. We will not stand for Google's usurpation of the Internet. We believe Vint's intelligence and knowledge should be open source."